Ceres Two

I'd rather not name and shame, rather seek your views as to whether this the norm for hire boats and any views on how the hire company might have responded. Hiring is new to us.

I was hoping for some thoughts on whether this is the norm for hire boats, whether we might have expected an apology, perhaps even some form of compensation. Yes indeed the experience and diagnostic knowledge was free. However I was concerned that it was me that pointed out the bolt holding the alternator retaining bolt had lost its nut and was spinning freely. I also declined the engineers suggestion, over the phone, on the second breakdown, to immediately remove the hot engine coolant cap and check the level.

Hi - Wanting to experience NBs again after having a family boat for many years. My wife never having been away overnight, we hired a 46ft for the week. We are actively looking for a boat to buy and hoped this would encourage us in our search. After 20mins we were on the way. Eventually low charge light came on - inverter/battery panel only, not on engine panel. Nothing worked off inverter that evening so we got going next day and did three hours, still low charge light on. Then we got a load of steam so stopped. No overheat light lit on engine panel. Called engineer who diagnosed belt - Belt was frayed, stretched and cracked and had dropped off. He reset inverter and no low charge - Set us off again. Within half an hour steam again. Called engineer. Diagnosed low water, topped up and restarted. Then water pipe seen to be cracked and leaking - needed to cut off four inches of pipe as perished. Also repositioned alternator - one of the bolts had not been tightened back up on his first visit and nut was languishing in the engine bay. Set us going again and asked if we would check the engine coolant in the morning. I did so and we put 4 litres of water in. We lost effectively a days cruising and our faith in the boat so returned to the hire base a day early and were glad to get away. The company has not responded to three emails since we returned home.

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Hello Just joined the forum as looking for a boat and found this topic after searching on Grebe boats - here is a 32ftr for sale - anyone know anything about it? https://www.gumtree.com/p/boats/narrow-boat-liveaboard.-32-feet-recent-service-double-bed-shower-hot-water-kitchen-lounge-heating/1429438937 Thanks